Author: KIP, LEONARD (1826-1906)
Title: California sketches, with recollections of the gold mines; with an introduction by Lyle H. Wright
Description: Los Angeles. N. A. Kovach 1946. First Edition. Fine cloth copy in a near-fine. very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dw. now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong.; 8vo 8' - 9' tall; 58 pages; Description: 2 p. L.vii-xi. [1] p.2 l.58. [2] p. Plates. map. facsim. 23 cm. Series: California centennial series. Subjects: Gold mines and mining. Law --Political aspects. Mines and mineral resources. California --Description and travel. Summary: Leonard Kip (1826-1906). a young Albany lawyer. sailed for California in 1849. On his return east in 1850. Kip resumed the practice of law in Albany and published stories. articles. and novels. California sketches (1946) reprints accounts of his adventures that Kip sent home for newspaper publication and that were published as a pamphlet in 1850. The eight chapters describe his arrival in San Francisco. journey through Stockton to two months of gold-mining on the Mukelumne. and reasons for his abandonment of California.Weight in Kg appr.:

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